So guess what, Seminole? You got a guy who's doing precisely what he promised.

He, the governor and the incumbent legislators — all of whom Seminole voters supported — won their elections and then cut school funding by well over $1 billion.

What's so confusing?

Now one school is closed. Another will follow at the end of the school year. And two more are on the chopping block. Plus, school officials are talking about cutting more teachers and extracurricular activities.

Did you think they were just going to cut other school districts' funding?

Heaven knows I am sympathetic to the teachers and students. Heck, I've long argued Florida should beef up its school funding — not to extravagant levels, but to the national average.

But you all elected people who disagree — and you have elected them consistently and by wide margins. So, while I'm sympathetic to the kids, I have tough time summoning tears for voters who are reaping what they sowed.

The flip side

One the other side of the aisle we have Democrats in this state who are so used to griping about Republicans that they do it even when it defies common sense.

The most recent example involves the closing of state prisons.

Gov. Rick Scott and prison officials noted that the inmate population has dropped. So they proposed closing a few prisons — and saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

Good for them. Makes sense, right?

Well, not to some of the hyper-partisan Dems who sometimes start griping before they start thinking.

Our state is way too strapped for cash to spend money watching empty cells.

The truth is that Democrats are really worried about the push to privatize prisons. And those are some legitimate worries — especially since Gov. Scott's staff got caught concocting a report to justify handing gobs of tax dollars over to for-profits execs and their slick lobbyists.

But that's a separate debate.

And arguing to waste public money on unneeded prison cells makes about as much sense as voting for politicians who vow to cut public-school funding — and then whining when they keep their word.

It's comes to no surprise to residents of the commonwealth that Virginia is growing. Like many fast-growing Southern states, Virginians appear to love sprawled-out cities and suburbs, according to recent 2014 U.S. Census estimates.